The latest country to see motor sport as a vehicle for positive growth and international prestige is Iran. Yesterday one of F1′s leading PRs issued a statement on behalf of the TSI Group, based in Tehran, which laid out details of a new facility, which is already under construction just outside the capital city. Called iLand, it is a multi-purpose facility with a 5km motor racing circuit at its heart. The facility has not been designed by F1′s favourite architect Herman Tilke, but rather by a UK agency called Apex Circuit Design. The press statement says, “The iLand Race Resort More…